Golf Shots: Drivers
Drivers
ITS ALL ABOUT THE DRIVE
ITS A BIG CLUB, YOUR "ATTITUDE CLUB."
A driver isn’t just the biggest club in any golfer’s bag, it’s also the club most likely to drive a golfer bonkers. To help make sure your drives find the fairway and not just the bunker, the woods or your own shin, here are handful of tips about swinging a driver from some of the Gem State’s finest golf pros—along with a selection of a few of our favorite new drivers now available for the 2011 season.
Cleavland Launcher DST
ITS ALL ABOUT THE DRIVE
ITS A BIG CLUB, YOUR "ATTITUDE CLUB."
A driver isn’t just the biggest club in any golfer’s bag, it’s also the club most likely to drive a golfer bonkers. To help make sure your drives find the fairway and not just the bunker, the woods or your own shin, here are handful of tips about swinging a driver from some of the Gem State’s finest golf pros—along with a selection of a few of our favorite new drivers now available for the 2011 season.
Cleavland Launcher DST
Cleveland's Launcher is among the lightest drivers available, weighing in at 25 grams less than standard drivers. While it’s engineered for maximum head speed, this club also provides amazing forgiveness and produces greater overall distance. Mis-hits benefit from a higher trampoline effect. Weight has been removed from the face and repositioned low and deep in the clubhead, creating a deeper center of gravity and providing for straighter drives.
"Basically, you just want to maintain a steady, even swing stroke, tee it high and let it fly.” —Charles Clinton, Head Golf Pro at Highlands Golf Course in Pocatello
Speedline F11 Driver & INSIGHT TECH a4OS Driver EXT
Adams Speedline F11 Driver features patent-pending Velocity Slot Technology, visible on the crown and sole, keeps the airflow attached throughout the swing reducing the amount of drag while increasing the speed and distance. This large footprint driver is not only aerodynamic but also very forgiving and easy to hit. Adams Insight Tech Driver, designed with state-of-the-art shaping technology, delivers consistent results of maximum distance and accuracy. Patented Boxer Technology™ and tungsten perimeter weighting provide for ulitmate forgiveness and straighter, longer shots.
"It’s a big club, but it’s still just another club like any other one in your bag. So you’re supposed to swing it like a golf club, not like you’re chopping wood. If you get the right set up, keep your hands and arms relaxed and put a smooth swing on it, you should be all set.” —Matt Ennis, Head Golf Pro at Boise’s Quail Hollow
Callaway RAZR Drivers
Callaway Golf’s new RAZR Drivers feature an integration of authentic and proprietary technologies and a ground-breaking aerodynamic design that significantly reduces energy lost to drag during downswing. The crown and sole components are comprised of Forged Composite. This carbon composite material was developed in partnership with Automobili Lamborghini and is the lightest, strongest, most precise material either company has ever employed and presents a level of precision that was previously unachievable.
"Play the ball more forward in your stance, around the inside heel of your forward foot.
Widen your stance and stay behind the ball so
you can drive it up and off the tee, as opposed to driving down and through it like with other clubs.” – Jeff Peterson, Director of Golf for Sun Valley
Nike SQ Machspeed Black Round Drivers
Nike's SQ Machspeed Black Round Driver creates optimal aerodynamics throughout the swing as air moves closely over and around the club head, reducing drag for maximum speed and energy at impact. Bigger is better! Choose round for more workability and explosive distance. STR8-FIT eight-position adjustability provides the ideal face angle for any swing, any shot and to help correct some of the most devastating hooks and slices.
"I’m a believer that you should be really aggressive with your driver. It’s your ‘attitude club.’ How you play the hole is set up by your driver. So I’m of the mindset of players like John Daly and Tiger Woods: if you’re going to miss, you might as well miss long. Swing as hard as you can, so long as you can keep your balance.”—Scott McGeachin, Director of Golf for Warm Springs in Boise
"Basically, you just want to maintain a steady, even swing stroke, tee it high and let it fly.” —Charles Clinton, Head Golf Pro at Highlands Golf Course in Pocatello
Speedline F11 Driver & INSIGHT TECH a4OS Driver EXT
"It’s a big club, but it’s still just another club like any other one in your bag. So you’re supposed to swing it like a golf club, not like you’re chopping wood. If you get the right set up, keep your hands and arms relaxed and put a smooth swing on it, you should be all set.” —Matt Ennis, Head Golf Pro at Boise’s Quail Hollow
Callaway RAZR Drivers
"Play the ball more forward in your stance, around the inside heel of your forward foot.
Widen your stance and stay behind the ball so
you can drive it up and off the tee, as opposed to driving down and through it like with other clubs.” – Jeff Peterson, Director of Golf for Sun Valley
Nike SQ Machspeed Black Round Drivers
"I’m a believer that you should be really aggressive with your driver. It’s your ‘attitude club.’ How you play the hole is set up by your driver. So I’m of the mindset of players like John Daly and Tiger Woods: if you’re going to miss, you might as well miss long. Swing as hard as you can, so long as you can keep your balance.”—Scott McGeachin, Director of Golf for Warm Springs in Boise
